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RemoteMaster set directories?
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:38 am
by pH7_jp1
I was installing RemoteMaster on a different computer and on the first run, it asked for the location of the directories, first the RDF and then the Maps & Images. I screwed up by clicking on the wrong thing for Maps & Images. Now, even though it complains that it can't find the maps and images, it doesn't ask for the location again and I can't find an option in the menu structure to establish/change the directory. How do I change the directory assignment?
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:02 am
by vickyg2003
I did that too. I moved my folders for better organization and then couldn't find it. If memory serves me right I just clicked on the setup.bat to fix my problems. Worst case scenario, just reinstall remotemaster.
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 5:14 pm
by mathdon
Look at Help/About in RM to find the Home Directory. Go to the Home Directory and edit the file RemoteMaster.Properties. Its got all the user stuff in it, clearly named. It would be nice to have a more obvious way to change things, but that's RM
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Graham
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:28 pm
by pH7_jp1
I should have mentioned that it was version V1.97 on Vista. In this case there doesn't appear to be a RemoteMaster.Properties file.
Re: RemoteMaster set directories?
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:58 pm
by flynwill
pH7_jp1 wrote:I was installing RemoteMaster on a different computer and on the first run, it asked for the location of the directories, first the RDF and then the Maps & Images. I screwed up by clicking on the wrong thing for Maps & Images. Now, even though it complains that it can't find the maps and images, it doesn't ask for the location again and I can't find an option in the menu structure to establish/change the directory. How do I change the directory assignment?
I'm having the same issue. Not because of installing it on a different computer but because I simply didn't remember what the images and keymaps were when I installed this version, and gave it the wrong answer when it prompted for a path.
As far as I can tell this parameter isn't in remotemaster.properties. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times now with the same result. Tried searching the registry for the bad directory name to no avail. My old copy of v1.28 still works ok (and finds the images in the same folder as the executable.
v1.97 must be saving this bit of information somewhere, but I sure haven't been able to find it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Re: RemoteMaster set directories?
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:31 pm
by mdavej
flynwill wrote:As far as I can tell this parameter isn't in remotemaster.properties.
All the paths are in there. You can't miss them.
Re: RemoteMaster set directories?
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:03 pm
by flynwill
mdavej wrote:flynwill wrote:As far as I can tell this parameter isn't in remotemaster.properties.
All the paths are in there. You can't miss them.
If you say so....
I see everything else, but I don't see anything that relates to the path for the images and keymaps:
#Sat Feb 13 18:51:55 PST 2010
Bounds=0,0,741,679
Remote.name=URC-9910 Extender 1
RecentFiles.0=C\:\\Users\\will\\Documents\\ofa\\RemoteMaster.v1.28\\Upgrades\\Sony Blue Ray Player.rmdu
RDFPath=C\:\\Users\\will\\Documents\\ofa\\IR615
UpgradePath=C\:\\Users\\will\\Documents\\ofa\\RemoteMaster.v1.28\\Upgrades
PromptToSave=Always
ShowRemotes=All
LookAndFeel=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel
Remote.signature=CPT0CPx1
I was able to solve the problem by renameing the incorrect directory. That forced remotemaster to prompt for the correct location. However I still don't know where it is keeping that path stored.
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:50 pm
by 3FG
I have 3 installations of RM 1.97, 1.98B6, and 1.98B7. All of them have the directory images and maps stored in the properties file. I wonder, now that you have a valid directory, if your property file has ImagePath= on it?
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:49 am
by mathdon
pH7_jp1 wrote:I should have mentioned that it was version V1.97 on Vista. In this case there doesn't appear to be a RemoteMaster.Properties file.
Yes it does, that's what I am using. But you need to do what I said. The RemoteMaster.properties file is NOT in the same directory as the RM installation. It is in a directory all its own, in my case (and probably yours too), in <user>/AppData/Roaming/RemoteMaster. In that way the properties are shared if you have more than one version of RM installed. The folder is listed as Home Directory under Help/About in RM.
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Graham
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:34 am
by flynwill
Ok, found it. Apparently in Vista if you ask explorer to search the entire disk for a given file name -- it decides for itself that you did really want to search the entire disk. (And I should have known to look in AppData, but it didn't occur to me that the search wasn't complete). Damn Microsoft.
Thanks Guys.
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:47 am
by The Robman
mathdon wrote:<user>/AppData/Roaming/RemoteMaster
I can confirm that's where it is on my system (Vista64) too.
Here's what the data looks like:
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#Sun Feb 07 12:17:25 CST 2010
Remote.name=Slingbox with UEI RV Chip
KMBounds=190,24,734,648
RDFPath=C\:\\Users\\Rob Crowe\\Documents\\JP1\\IR\\rdfs
UpgradePath=C\:\\Users\\Rob Crowe\\Documents\\JP1\\Temp
ImagePath=C\:\\Users\\Rob Crowe\\Documents\\JP1\\RM\\Maps
Remote.signature=BINRV
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:20 pm
by pH7_jp1
mathdon said:
Yes it does, that's what I am using. But you need to do what I said. The RemoteMaster.properties file is NOT in the same directory as the RM installation. It is in a directory all its own, in my case (and probably yours too), in <user>/AppData/Roaming/RemoteMaster. In that way the properties are shared if you have more than one version of RM installed. The folder is listed as Home Directory under Help/About in RM.
I read too fast and just zeroed in on "Home directory" and went ahead assuming that was the RM install directory (since that was true elsewhere). Even after your additional help, I had a small problem finding AppData. I always set explorer to show hidden files/directories, but on this computer and login, that had not been done. After setting the options in Explorer to my usual I found it and fixed the problem. Thanks for the help.